Scores Reported as ZERO (1 Viewer)

[Big_Chubbz]

I (think) I have IMDB+ configured to show me RT audience ratings in Moving Pictures, but most of the movies show a score of zero. I have IMDB+ set as the ONLY scraper in Moving Pictures and have re-imported all the movies several times with no results.

Any ideas?

 

[RoChess]

Yes, RT is broken in existing release.

I fixed it at source code level, but Google Code is read-only now, so I need to release a new GitHub based IMDb+ plugin, and I just have not had the time yet.

If you use an SQLite database editor, you can manually apply the changes to the v4.9.52 version of the scraper-script in the 'scripts' table, but do not adjust the version/year then, otherwise the IMDb+ plugin will overwrite them again with the Google-Code version that does not work.

Diff view @ https://github.com/RoChess/IMDbPlus/commit/f9122cbdd41e39fefa0770ef12ba9fe695827d82

I will try again to find time this weekend to release a new MPEI for IMDb+ plugin, as I was frustrated last time I tried that I pushed it to the side.

 

[Big_Chubbz]

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll stay patient for the update in MPEI.

 

[Big_Chubbz]

Thanks for your work on this plugin and for the recent update. Unfortunately, I am still getting scores of zero imported through Moving Pictures. I have IMDB+ configured as the only data source, and Moving Pictures reports that it is using scraper v4.9.55 published 2/7/16.

Could this be an error in configuration on my part, or is the scraper still malfunctioning? I've attached a screenshot of the settings I'm using. I am hoping these settings result in the scraper using RT audience scores in MP.

Thanks again.

 

[RoChess]

@Big_Chubbz RottenTomatoes puts up blocks now a lot of times, and API keys are needed (you can register with RT easy for your own developer API key to allow 10,000 requests a day, and then manually add that key to IMDb+ options file for now). The moving-pictures.log file should tell me more if that is the case. They should still allow 5 movie imports a day though, but you might have mass updated/imported your library.

To get the right info in the log files I would need the following:

MediaPortal in debug mode
Moving-Pictures with scraper-script debugging enabled
IMDb+ adjusted with the manual option enabled to put HTML sources in log file

The instructions for the above are splintered at: https://github.com/RoChess/IMDbPlus/tree/wiki and make sure the log file you provide contains JUST ONE movie imported/refreshed, because otherwise it is too hard for me to deal with the asynchronous mix of multiple threads.

 

[Big_Chubbz]

Thanks for your help. I hope I did this correctly. The log file is attached. I'm happy to register for an API key, if that will solve the problem. Where can I find instructions for editing the IMDB+ options file with the key?

 

[RoChess]

Yup, that is exactly what I needed to see what's happening.

Seems RottenTomatoes changed things as well, as I immediately spot the following error:

09-Feb-2016 14:39:40 Warn [ ScraperNode]: Could not connect to //www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bridge_of_spies/. Unable to cast object of type 'System.Net.FileWebRequest' to type 'System.Net.HttpWebRequest'.

So expect an IMDb+ scraper-script update shortly that adds http: to that.

As far as RT API key goes, I summed that up in this post: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...db-scraper-v4-9-41.98978/page-38#post-1132276

 

[RoChess]

@Big_Chubbz can you please verify if v4.9.56 fixes the problem for you?

 

[Big_Chubbz]

Thanks, @RoChess ! It looks like it is fixed. I still have a bunch with zeros, but the ones that are populated have the correct data.

I'm guessing the zeros are a result of RT limiting the number of queries that I am allowed? Out of curiosity, do you know what those limits are? I couldn't find anything when I searched their site and did a quick Google.

 

[RoChess]

From trial & error it appears to be roughly 5 free calls per day, or 10,000 a day when you have an API key.

The moving-pictures.log file should contain some reference to the error when you import/refresh movies, even when logs are limited to just info.

It will have an entry along the lines of "page not found" or "access denied" for rottentomatoes.com in there.